These sounds will take time and practice to master but don’t worry, they are all achievable. Now you’ll have noticed that some of the sounds of Armenia don’t exist in English (like the gh sound). In some traditions, this is considered its own letter, thus why we have it listed here. *Note that և is actually a digraph made up of ե + ւ. The letter ւ (u) used to be pronounced /u/, but is now just a /v/ or /w/ sound used alongside other vowels (i.e.
*ու is technically a diagraph (a combination of two letters) historically coming from ո+ւ (o+u). Armenian has 8 written vowels (but only 6 different sounds). Let’s start with the vowels, as they are the easiest. Some Armenian letters, however, represent sounds that do not exist in English so, it may take some practice to get use to the differences in certain letters and sounds. Each letter has a capital and lower-case form (like English).
It contains 39 letters and is written from left to right. The Armenian alphabet is an alphabet unique to the Armenian language, created by Mesrop Mashtots (partially modeled after Greek) in the 5th century CE.
Բարեւ ձեզ և բարի գալուստ - Barev dzez yev bari galoust - Hello and Welcome! Armenian Lesson 1 - The Alphabet (Aybubenə)
